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EARL E. MAY’S 1934 CATALOG OF SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK 
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“ORANGE KING,” the splendid orange saffron 
gladiolus. The freest flowering gladiolus. 
ALSO The new All-American Flower Selection— 
Annual Canterbury Bells. See page' 44 for colored 
picture. 
5 bulbs FREE (value 30c) with your $1.50 garden 
and flower seed order. 
5 bulbs and 1 packet of the new Annual Canter¬ 
bury Bells (value 25c) PREE with your $2.00 
garden seed order. 
10 bulbs and Canterbury Bells PREE with your 
$2.50 garden and flower seed order. 
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Clarkia 
Very beautiful and attractive, especially in masses. 
Found by Capt. Clark of Lewis-Clark expedition. It 
grows in dry places and ordinary soil. Gives masses of 
bloom. 
1084— Double Apple Blossom 1086—Double Scarlet Queen 
1085— Double Brilliant Carmine 1087—Mixed Colors 
1088—Royal Purple King 
Cockscomb (Celosia Cristata) 
Grows about 3 feet high. Of branching habit with 
feathery plumes. We have all colors from red to yellow 
and all shades between. 
1067—Tall Mixed. 
1102—Job's Tears, or Coix 
2 to 4 feet. An ornamental grass with curious seeds 
which may be used for beads. Oz., 10c; lb., 35c. 
llOO—Coleus 
Handsome foliage plant with very broad, heart- 
shaped leaves of exceeding richness and beauty. Easily 
grown from seed. Desirable for a border and bedding 
plant, excellent for window garden. Fine mixed. 
Cosmos 
Beautiful summer and autumn blooming plants. A 
tall graceful showy annual which produces thousands 
of artistic flowers in pure white, pink and crimson 
shades. An excellent cut flower. Pinch out top for bushy 
plants. 
★ Early Flowering Mammoth. (Picture in color on 
page 37.) Giant flowered early sorts. 
1090—White. 1092—Crimson. 
1091—Pink. 1093—Mixed. 
Godetla 
Lantana 
Pour O’clock 
PRICES 
ALL PACKETS 
1Each: 3 for 
POSTPAID 
unless otherwise noted 
1125—Gaillardia 
Annual Blanket Plower. Has heads of 
disk shaped flowers and rich blending of 
red, yellow and orange. Both single— 
double. iy 2 ft. 
1175—Geranium 
Favorite house plant. Seed started 
early will bloom the first year. Mixed 
colors. 
1128—Gilia 
(Queen Ann’s Thimble.) An erect 
bushy plant which grows two feet tall. 
Fine, feathery foliage, good for cutting 
and may also be used as an everlasting 
flower. Mixed colors. 
1126—Globe Amaranth 
I think this is one of the prettiest of 
all the everlastings for winter bouquets. 
The blooms look like clover blooms. 
Heads are big and round in both red and 
white. 
1117—Godetla 
An attractive hardy annual which 
should be better known. Easily grown, 
unusually showy and comes in a wide 
range of color from pure white to dark 
red. 
1103—Gold Crown 
(Cosmidium.) Plants grow 2 feet tall. 
Profusion of bright combination of rich 
orange and golden yellow throughout 
the summer. 
1132—Heliotrope 
In shades of purple. Fine for bou¬ 
quets; sweet vanilla odor. 
Anemone Flowered or Crown and Crested 
This variety has the showy crested center like the 
Anemone. The guard petals remain the same. This year 
I am offering this new early flowering type. 
1096— Early Pink Beauty. Pkt., 15c; 2 for 25c. 
1097— Early White Queen. Pkt., 15c; 2 for 25c. 
1098— Early Mixed. Pkt., 15c; 2 for 25c. 
Dahlias 
1104—Barge Flowering Hybrid Dahlias. Dahlias do not 
come true to name from seed, so you will derive a lot 
of pleasure from growing and originating new vari¬ 
eties. Selected from large type flowers only. 
1111—Dwarf Hybrid Unwinn. Early flowering; small, 
semi-double, in a wide range of choice colors. This 
strain requires no support and is valuable for cutting 
or for garden decorations. 
1072—Dusty Miller 
(Centaurea gymnocarpa.) Graceful, fine cut silvery 
white foliage. You see this in many parks and gardens. 
Used for borders. 
1123—Feverfew 
(Matricaria capensis.) 3 ft. Neat, 
small, double, white and yellow flowers 
adapted for bedding and cutting. 
Flax (Linum) 
One of the most brilliantly colored 
summer flowers. Very beautiful for beds 
or borders and will bloom from spring 
until late fall. 1164—Scarlet. 1165—Blue. 
1121—Four O'Cloek 
Marvel of Peru. Another good old- 
fashioned flower bearing hundreds of 
flowers during the season, of white, 
yellow, crimson and violet. Mixed 
colors. 
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1151—Ice Plant 
(Mesembryanthemum crystallimun.) 
Suitable for rock garden, hanging bas¬ 
kets, etc. Foliage thick, frosted; wax¬ 
like white flowers. The hotter the sum¬ 
mer the more it blooms. 
1159—Kenilworth Ivy (Linaria) 
Lavender and purple flowers. A charm¬ 
ing half-hardy perennial. A trailing 
plant suitable for baskets, vases, pots 
and rock work. 
1154—Lantana 
I like these beautiful verbena-like 
flowers. Usually two-color flowers. All 
shades mixed. Fine for rock gardens. 
ir Larkspur 
Surprisingly like the perennial va¬ 
riety. Grows from 2 to 3 feet tall, with 
numerous, large, graceful blooming spikes, uniformly 
double. Blooms from July until frost. A record not sur¬ 
passed by any other annual. 
Globe Amaranth 
1169 —EMPRESS ROSE. A rich pink changing to her- 
mosa pink. It is ever-blooming. A many branching 
variety which grows six feet tall. Pkt., 15c; 2 for 25c. 
1155— Pure White 
1156— Sky Blue 
1157— Dark Blue 
1158— Rosy Red 
Cockscomb (Celosia) 
Annual Flower 
Mixture 
10c 
1328—A whole annual 
garden all in one 
packet. Dozens of dif¬ 
ferent varieties. When 
sowing give plenty of 
room. You will have 
cut flowers all summer 
and fall from this mix¬ 
ture. Large Pkt., 10c; 
3 for 25c. 
1162—Annual Mixed 
1163—Linaria (Excelsior Mixed) 
This hardy little annual is very similar to the snap¬ 
dragon except that the flowers have longer spurs. Bloom 
in various shades of gold, pink, blue and white. 
Lobelia 
A charming compact little plant that is 
literally covered with deepest blue flow¬ 
ers throughout the season. The dark trail¬ 
ing foliage makes it desirable for porch 
boxes and hanging baskets. 
1160 and 1161 Only Plants, 65c per doz. 
Seed Pkts., all 3—10c each, 3 for 25c. 
1160— Crystal Palace 
1161— Trailing Lobelia 
Lobelia 
Linaria 
1185—Love-In-A-Mist (Nigella) 
A compact free flowering plant with 
finely cut foliage. Blue and white mixed. 
Annual varieties marked, ★ are illustrated in color on page 37 or 44. 
